Example sentences of "to the last day " in BNC.

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1 THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
2 We still have a six-point buffer but I expect us to have to go to the last day of the season . ’
3 Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
4 On to the last day and Nicklaus — who was putting in a charge in front of us attempting the third part of the grand slam , having won the Masters and the US Open in 1972 — and everything was going reasonably well until the 7th , the hare hole .
5 The employee worked under a contract for a fixed , specified period from the start of the autumn term to the last day of the summer term .
6 It also meant constant fighting right up to the last day , and for Bomber Command no let-up in the night by night sorties into enemy skies .
7 Following the introduction of civil penalties for late filing of accounts from 1 July ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 85 ) , Companies House has confirmed that the periods allowed for the filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period .
8 What a strange statement has come from Companies House confirming that the periods allowed for filing of company accounts actually expire at midnight on the date in the last month for filing which corresponds to the last day of the company 's accounting reference period ( see ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 98 ) .
9 Gokbilgin reproduces a for Mehmed II's complex based on the Fatih mosque in Istanbul for the year 1 Dhu " l-Ka'da 894 to the last day of Shawwal 895 ( 26 September 1489 to 15 September 1490 ) from which it is clear that Molla Arab was both muderris at the Sahn and Multi during that year ; while in a document published by Barkan , a conflation of two statements of income and expenditure for the of Murad II in Edirne , written in Rajab 896/May-June 1491 and covering the years mid-893 to mid-895 , one finds a reference to one " Mevlana Isa Halife , [ the ] Sufi , one of the disciples of Mevlana Arab , mufti " .
10 The order is normally deposited very near to the last day , the reason being that this allows of last-minute alterations .
11 So out of the 16,000 Pathfinders I personally recruited from the very first day of my appointment to the Pathfinder Force , to the last day of the war , I am not aware of one occasion on which a member of aircrew , whatever his category , was dealt with under the terms of the AMO .
12 Obviously we do not want to be in two minds up to the last day and he would n't do that but there is quite a a period of discretion where the time gets shorter and er he would have to make a judgement .
13 ‘ There is still a long way to go , though , and nobody at this club forgets that , two seasons ago , Aberdeen made up a ten-point deficit and took Rangers to the last day of the season before they ( Rangers ) won the title . ’
14 This belongs to the last days of 1870 , more than a year after the murder in the park .
15 He was , and clearly remained to the last days of his long life , a fairly severe obsessional-rigid , indecisive , racked with doubts and unable to rid himself of a penchant for rather down-market women which led him into a series of miserable relationships .
16 Now , so close to the Last Days for which he had been prepared , Seth was what he was , and nothing less .
17 Argan believed that art belonged to all men , which is why he battled in defence of the cultural heritage from the dark days of Fascism — to the last days of his life , proof of his commitment to criticism as an instrument of conscience .
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